title: Scientific papers for health informatics.
abstract: From the hypothesis that the development of scientific papers, mainly in interdisciplinary areas such as Health Informatics, may bring difficulties to the author, as had its communicative efficacy decreased or compromising their approval for publication; we aim to make considerations on the main items to good players making this kind of text. The scientific writing has peculiarities that must be taken into consideration when it writes: general characteristics, such as simplicity and objectivity, and characteristics of each area of knowledge, such as terminology, formatting and standardization. The research methodology adopted is bibliographical. The information was based on literature review and the authors' experience, teachers and assessors of scientific methodology in peer review publications in the area. As a result, we designed a checklist of items to be checked before submission of a paper to a scientific publication vehicle in order to contribute to the promotion of research, facilitating the publication and increase its capacity in this important area of knowledge.
authors.affiliation: UNIFESP, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Samáris Ramiro
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.forename: Jacy Marcondes
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Duarte
authors.forename: Paulo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bandiera-Paiva
mesh_terms: D001319:Authorship; D057189:Checklist; D008374:Manuscripts, Medical as Topic; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000379:methods*; D010506:Periodicals as Topic; D012586:Science / Q000379:methods*; D014956:Writing